Climate change presents tremendous challenges, especially for people in the Global South. Two international studies led by Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin have investigated how the population in sub-Saharan Africa is coping with rising…
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Learning from the Global South: How do people cope with heat?
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This founder cracked firefighting — now he’s creating an AI gold mine
Sunny Sethi, founder of HEN Technologies, doesn’t sound like someone who’s disrupted an industry that has remained largely unchanged since the 1960s. His company builds fire nozzles — specifically, nozzles that it says increase suppression…
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‘Lost City’ Deep Beneath The Ocean Is Unlike Anything Seen Before on Earth : ScienceAlert
Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the gloom.
Their creamy carbonate walls and columns appear ghostly blue in the light of a remotely operated vehicle sent to…
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Vanishing birds across Norway's agricultural landscape may signal deeper changes
In Europe, it is well documented that bird species associated with agricultural landscapes have experienced a sharp decline over several decades. Since 1980, populations have been reduced by around 60%. New Norwegian figures show that the same…
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ChatGPT is pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
Information from the conservative-leaning, AI-generated encyclopedia developed by Elon Musk’s xAI is beginning to appear in answers from ChatGPT.
xAI launched Grokipedia in October, after Musk had been complaining that Wikipedia was biased…
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A CrossFit-like race is booming in Asia, and young people are driving the surge
Hyrox, a timed fitness race that mixes running with workout stations, is selling out across Asia as young people fuel a booming wellness economy.
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Cannabis and Chronic Nerve Pain: The Results Aren’t What Many Expect
A comprehensive review of clinical trials finds little convincing evidence that cannabis-based medicines provide real relief for chronic nerve pain. An updated Cochrane review reports that there is still no clear evidence showing cannabis-based…
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Humans& thinks coordination is the next frontier for AI, and they’re building a model to prove it
AI chatbots are getting better at answering questions, summarizing documents, and solving mathematical equations, but they still largely behave like helpful assistants for one user at a time. They’re not designed to manage the messier work of…
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11th-century English monk first identified the cycles of Halley’s Comet
According to a new study published in arXiv, an 11th-century English monk first documented multiple appearances of Halley’s Comet, more than 600 years before Edmond Halley codified its orbit.
Simon Portegies Zwart, an astronomer at Leiden…
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Not Eating Enough Fiber? Your Cancer Risk Could Be Higher Than You Think
As the fibermaxxing trend gains attention, a Tufts expert explains why fiber matters for health and offers practical advice on meeting daily fiber intake goals How much fiber a person eats can strongly influence overall health. Adequate fiber…
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